The Museum of Public Art

Museum of Public Art
“The beginning”

Towards the end of 2012 the Director of the Museum Of Public Art, Kevin Harris, contacted me. He was interested in having Pose 2 Come to Baton Rouge LA. to paint a mural. Kevin was the process of having some of the most internationally celebrated spray painters come to Baton Rouge to do murals. This all began with Kevin Harris an avid art appreciator and James Top, Subway Art legend.
During one of Kevin’s many traveling adventures he landed in New York and became fascinated with all the art on the streets. Hungry to photograph but limited time, Kevin needed a guide to get him directly to the heart and soul of New Yorks Spray Paint Culture. James Top agreed to be Kevin’s ambassador to New York and upon there first meeting James Top insisted first and foremost that Kevin should have a history lesson about the culture of Writing, he wanted Kevin to have a sincere appreciation and respect for what he would be photographing, so they sat down at the Port Authority Bus Station in Times Square, James opened his book and a kinship was forged. They spent a huge amount of time in the Bronx where Kevin to a liking to the works of King Bee.

It was James Top who suggested to Kevin that king Bee, Part and himself, take a trip to Baton Rouge to paint a wall. Kevin agreed and Baton Rouge hasn’t been the same since. The doors have now opened the for the Museum of Public Art, where international Writers Like Smug, Belin, Jimmy C, Chemis, Odeith, The Tats cru, Does and Case have all blessed the place.
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neighborhood woman, by Jimmy C

Does, does his thing

Smug paints Belin

Odeith

Kevin Harris